To the Editor of the "Norta Emma Dalny News"
Su—Here comes poor Lire Wu, duly admonished. cap in hand and ever so umble, choking on the bread of contribution.
Let me reiterate. My stated objections are to useless howling pampered brutes, W-irainet tykes, and, generally, dogs which constitute a public nuisance. Also to their more than self-satisfied complacent owners, who form an overwhelming: majority among Shanghai dog fanciers. Having, an expensive dog ("Do you own a good dog? Prove it), like having a persistent and strong suction for alcohol. is, by many living in this somewhat muddy small pond, considered eminently socially desirable, Hence dogs are popular, and not the less so since, having absolutely no power of discrimination, they can consistently evince intense enthusiasm for the most undeserving master.
I was not wrong in feeling sure are connected. Nine out of ten of these would disagree as emphatically with Mr. Rankin as I do:
I cannot help feeling that it is a strange proceeding for anyone who considers himself a friend of China to bring up matters like this at this time. I hope that our Chinese friends will believe that very large numbers of missionaries do not hold in their hearts the sort of attitude which Ma, Rankin seems to have, end try to do everything in their power to be of help in this time of China's emergency.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.